Statue of The Republic

The Statue of The Republic is a 24-foot-high (7.3 m) gilded bronze sculpture in Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois by Daniel Chester French.

The smaller-scale replica sculpted by the same artist was erected in 1918 in commemoration of both the 25th anniversary of the Exposition and the Illinois' statehood centennial.

The other hand grasps a staff with a plaque that reads "liberty", partly obscured by an encircling laurel wreath.

[5] The original statue, constructed in 1893, stood in front of the Court of Honor, inside the Great Basin pool.

One of two additional replicas of the statue stands in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Daniel Chester French 's original statue The Republic at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago , facing the Administration Building across the Great Basin. This version had a Phrygian cap draped on the staff.